In 2014, a freshman at Duke University was caught doing porn as her side job to help pay her tuition. She faced all types of criticism and bullying and the mass media ate this story up. The interesting thing about this story is the way that different media outlets handled it. For example, the internet show, Take Part Live focused mainly on the money aspects of things. They took it more lightheartedly and even made jokes about it, while other media outlets took it more seriously. They did not understand the outrage over this whole situation and compared it to stripping. They just thought of it as another college student trying to make ends meet and do what is necessary.
In comparison to Take Part Live, the online news channel, Young Turks focused on a different part of the story. They took it a little more seriously and talked about the vicious bullying that this young woman was going through. People online were giving away her personal information and she was receiving death threats. They also believed that she shouldn't be shamed for doing porn but they were more centered on the fact of how bad she was bullied, unlike the Take Part Live crew. I think this is a better way to approach it because they show the issues she went through, unlike the Take Part Live who didn't take it as seriously.
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